Tigger_the_Wing wrote:Belated Happy Birthday to all the people whose birthdays I have missed whilst absent. I didn't realise that I could even log back in!

E.T. You are definitely old.

Well, you are exactly two weeks older than me, so I suppose you must be old, because I am.

Yeah, I'm pretty much the oldest person in every group I'm associated with. I never thought I'd last this long.

Happy birthday, Tig.

"Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens."("Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.")-- Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805)Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.-- Philip K DickWhat happens when all the renewable energy runs out?-- Victoria AylingEnglish isn't much of a language for swearing. When I studied Ancient Greek I was delighted to discover a single word - Rhaphanidosthai - which translates roughly as "Be thou thrust up the fundament with a radish for adultery."

daftbeaker wrote:According to the website it was Rain's birthday today. Another one gone to the beer volcano too early.

At least he didn't have to see Trump in the White House. Cheers, Rain.

"Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens."("Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.")-- Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805)Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.-- Philip K DickWhat happens when all the renewable energy runs out?-- Victoria AylingEnglish isn't much of a language for swearing. When I studied Ancient Greek I was delighted to discover a single word - Rhaphanidosthai - which translates roughly as "Be thou thrust up the fundament with a radish for adultery."

The Beveridge Report is the basis of the UK's Welfare State, NHS and Social Care system. It aimed to tackle the 'five giants' of ignorance, idleness, disease, squalour and want.

Now we seem to be dismantling it all again. Ignorance, idleness, disease, squalour and want are all back on the agenda in this country.

"I don't mean to sound bitter, cynical and cruel; but I am, so that's how it comes out." Bill Hicks."One should not believe everything one reads on the internet." Abraham Lincoln"Are you OK?" daftbeaker (<-- very good question, people should ask it more often.)

Also, the late, lamented Black Bart, who would have been 59 today. You are missed every day. Mostly because your jokes were shite, but you are missed.

"I don't mean to sound bitter, cynical and cruel; but I am, so that's how it comes out." Bill Hicks."One should not believe everything one reads on the internet." Abraham Lincoln"Are you OK?" daftbeaker (<-- very good question, people should ask it more often.)